This presentation was prepared for a meetup session hosted by MindLinks.de to inform audience about "Google Design Sprint" and how everyone can use it for their projects. This community in Munich provides a creative space to young professionals and refugees with a shared interest in academic discussions.

1. Google Design Sprint
MindLinks
Source: https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com
Wahib Ul Haq
Android Dev
@wahibhaq @kilabs_hq

2. Biggest challenges require
less time, not more
Individuals produce better
solutions than teams
You can test anything in one
week by building a realistic
façade.
https://www.thesprintbook.com/

5. Cost: Cut the endless-debate cycle and
compress months of time into a single
week.
Speed: Team can generate a lot of
great ideas in a short span of time and
share opinions democratically.
Validation: Fast-forward into the
future to see your finished product
and customer reactions, before making
any expensive commitments.

8. Prepare the sprint supplies
● Sharpies
● Paper
● Tape
● Sticky Notes
● Voting Dotes
● Timer
Snack and Coffee are super useful :)

9. UNDERSTAND

10. Lightning Talks
Explore the problem space
from all angles

11. “How Might We” Note Taking Method
The HMW method allows
your team to take the insights
and pain points they hear
during Lightning Talks and
reframe them as
opportunities.

12. HMW Sharing and Affinity Mapping
Share out early ideas and find
useful categories

13. HMW Voting
Highlight the critical
opportunities as a team

14. User Journey Mapping
Deep dive into the user’s
experience

15. SKETCH

16. Crazy 8
Generate as many unique
ideas as you can

17. Crazy 8’s Sharing and Voting
Share ideas, discuss with
group and vote

18. Solution Sketch
Narrow down to one well
defined idea per person

19. DECIDE

20. Present Solution Sketch
Share your concept to the
team

21. Assumptions and Sprint Questions
Define what you want to
learn

22. Heatmap Voting
Visually indicate the winning
idea

23. PROTOTYPE

24. VALIDATE

25. Usability Study
Test key questions in your
hypothesis

26. Technical Review
Make sure it can be built

27. Efficient Failure
The prototypes didn’t hit the mark, but you learned and
saved 4-6 months of work building the wrong product.
Flawed Success
You learned something and can now iterate and test
again.
Epic Win
The concept met your users’ needs and you are ready to
implement!
Sprint Conclusion: Recap & Next Steps

28. Let’s do a quick HMW session

30. Challenges faced by Refugees
Improve shelters and reception centres
Helping businesses hire foreign talent
Exchange essential information: Asylum status,
their rights, language courses, transport and relevant
events
Foster personal development while waiting
for asylum

31. Thank You!
@wahibhaq wahibhaq.com

32. Improve shelters and reception centres
Big emergency shelters are struggling to accommodate all the refugees arriving in Europe today.
Refugees live in crowded conditions and face a lack of privacy, often for months, if not more
than a year. Often there is little interaction between such centres and the host communities
around them. This is a missed opportunity for quick integration.
Can we imagine a shelter that is an asset for both refugees and the local population?

33. Helping businesses hire foreign talent
Immigrants are woven into the fabric of the Startups story. So many companies owe their
existence to foreign-born entrepreneurs and employees. A large proportion of refugees are
highly educated and possess valuable skills. However, this is not reflected in the integration of
refugees who have been granted asylum in the labour market, where participation is still low.
Being not picked for relevant skilled job has a profound negative effect not only on dreams
and hopes of talented professionals but also on host companies striving to innovate and
attract the best talent possible.

34. Exchange essential information
Governments, bottom-up volunteer initiatives and NGO programmes try to communicate
essential information about laws and procedures. However, such information reaches refugees
more or less randomly, making it difficult for them to obtain accurate, clear and relevant
information about their rights and available services. This can gives them peace of mind and
dignity as they plan their lives.
We are good at packaging complex, dynamic information into understandable and accessible
communication. How can we improve communication from refugees?

35. Foster personal development while waiting for asylum
The asylum procedure basically tells refugees to do nothing but wait. This waiting causes great
stress as the months go by as refugees and their children are forced to kill time in shelters. This
lost time could be used more effectively by starting the process of integrating into the new
society.
How can refugees continue to develop personally during this waiting period despite all the
imposed limitations?